South Australia

The Dignity of the Human Person recognizes the value of every individual and requests that all people – including children - are treated with respect. They need to be provided with all the opportunities available to reach their full potential. Looking at the typical Australian child compared to a child refugee, Australian children are provided with education, their own room, parents/guardians and a safe country that supplies clean water and food. However, child asylum seekers are entitled to no…

Accessing professional advice for Australian Immigration For tens of thousands of people around the world they hold an ambition of a new life in Australia. As one of the world’s top immigration destinations this comes as no surprise. Sadly, it is also no surprise, that where people have such aspirations, there always exists rogue elements that are all too keen to exploit these hopes and takes people's money under false presences. There are estimated to be thousands of people each year who…

There are many overseas-born people living in Australia who have migrated to seek a better life. The percentage of Vietnamese-born Australians as of June 2011 is 0.9%. Most Vietnamese migrants came to Australia after the Vietnamese war to live a better and safer life. Student migrants come to Australia to study and gain a better education to improve their quality of life. Part A: In 1975 many Vietnamese people migrated to Australia mainly because that was the year the Vietnam War ended. Before…

Government plans to relocate refugees have continued to move ahead this week as immigration minister Scott Morrison has travelled to Cambodia to sign a memorandum of understanding which would allow refugees in detention on Nauru to settle Cambodia. The government has also begun to push for the reintroduction of temporary protection visas along with new 'safe haven enterprise visas'. This legislation would see around 30,000 refugees currently living in the Australian community outside of…

This essay examines at how Indigenous teens are currently being marginalised, oppressed and stereotyped in Australia today. It will also explore how western and Aboriginal culture influences, affects and shapes young indigenous youth. Examples from the movie ‘Yolngu Boy’ and the documentary ‘Black Chicks Talking’ will demonstrates stereotypes, personal opinions from those affected and the way Indigenous youth and the dominant white culture are interdependent to one another. One way Aboriginal…

Why? why does Australia do this? As a nation we are meant to be free, but then as soon as people arrive here to be in a safe environment they are thrown into detention centres onto remotes islands such as Manus. If these people are running from dangerous and unhealthy situations, then why are they being put into similar situations in another country. The three topics that are being covered include: how Australia doesn’t protect the human rights, what the rights towards refugees and asylum…

My initial reaction when I learned about the ‘Stolen Generation’ was absolute shock. I began to analyse and question myself why I was so shocked. I found several reasons, this includes: (1) my lack of knowledge; (2) I am an immigrant; (3) my early education was from the Philippines; (4) the early information I have for Indigenous Australians is based on what I have been told by my sister and her white Australian husband; (5) my own prejudice and bias towards Indigenous Australians. Firstly,…

The suicide rate in indigenous communities is 1.5 higher compared to the entire USA population. Statistics show native males take their own life more than non-indigenous males of 19 years two to eighteen times greater (ibid). Two-spirit aboriginals have a greater risk of taking their own life than non-native, non-heterosexual individuals. Alcohol and illicit drug use, addiction and death is most prevalent amongst indigenous people as well, along with HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases…

It wasn’t just Whitlam’s policy achievements that left a lasting impact on Australia, the matter in which his government ceased to be caused great turmoil, mixed opinions, anger and confusion following the Dismissal on Remembrance Day, 1975. The event impacted on Australian culturally, politically and socially due to the fact what happened had never happened before, nor is it likely that it will ever happen again. Before the press knew about what had happened, he informed his ministers and…

Good morning/afternoon fellow Australian Journalist, Rabbit Proof Fence by Phillip Noyce is an adventurous, dramatic, and historical film, which, display the stolen generation and issues with Aboriginals. It tells the story of three aboriginal girls who are forcibly taken from their families and travel to find their way home. Rabbit Proof Fence represents the racial discrimination of the stolen generation through characterization and the connection to their country through setting.…